Imagine if you could create a multi-billion dollar industry in 1938 by inventing a tradition that never existed.
Diamonds are bullshit.
30 years ago I said to myself that I need only pick up 100,000 of these to be a millionaire in pennies.
20 years ago, I found myself in Italy with a million lira. 10 years ago, I had a multi-million dollar budget to manage. Today, the numbers mean little to me. It is about the quality of your friends and your life, not the quantity of anything. This is what 30 years of math have taught […]
Are you at cruising altitude?
A little interruption may not seem like a problem, but the time sunk into getting back up to your “cruise altitude” is a huge loss of productivity. You may not think that a minute here, or there, is a problem, but when you have to reset and find your bearings again you lose focus, energy, […]
6 things you should NOT ask me
I like to consider myself a generous guy and am always delighted to help others however I can. But there are 6 major fouls in my book that happen more often than I’d like, such as: Asking for money. I will “loan” money only to friends, which means I don’t expect it back, but am […]
Starting from how much money you want to make is one of the most idiotic things I’ve ever heard
I won’t name him, but a well-known marketer said that the way you should evaluate what business to go into should be based on an exercise that goes like this: If you want to make $150,000 per year, then find something you can sell for $1,000 every other day. 150 sales per year and you’re […]
Why most people make only $12.48 an hour: Do you want ROI with that?
Restaurant pay is up 3% the year, according to the Labor Department, outpacing the 2% growth in wages in the private sector over the last 5 years. Food service workers made an average of $12.48 per hour in 2014, including tips. Does that seem like a lot or a little to you? I’m going to explain […]